{
  "id": 5993433,
  "title": "UAE expands Africa trade push with Senegal and Gabon visits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/uae-expands-africa-trade-push-with-senegal-and-gabon-visits",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-06T14:02:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/economy/uae-expands-africa-trade-push-with-senegal-and-gabon-visits-1.500665049"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dubai: The UAE is intensifying its trade and investment ties with Senegal and Gabon, as Foreign Trade Minister Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi met with high-ranking officials in Dakar and Libreville. The discussions centered on mining, renewable energy, infrastructure, food security, and logistics. Trade between the UAE and these countries grew in 2025 and the first half of 2026. UAE-Senegal non-oil trade stood at $1.3 billion in 2025, a 24.5% increase from the previous year, while bilateral trade surpassed $751 million in the first half of 2026, a 31% rise compared to the same period in 2025. UAE-Gabon non-oil trade hit $320.6 million in 2025, more than double the 2021 figure, with UAE exports to Gabon increasing by 27% last year to $61.1 million. During his visit to Senegal, Al Zeyoudi and the UAE delegation focused on deepening trade and investment relations and exploring cooperation in priority sectors like mining, renewable energy, infrastructure, food security, and logistics. In Libreville, the UAE delegation discussed strengthening bilateral ties with Gabon, including a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement signed in February 2026, aimed at reducing tariffs, removing trade barriers, and boosting investment in agriculture, logistics, mining, and renewable energy. The UAE's non-oil trade with Africa reached $158 billion in 2025, a 41.6% increase from 2024, with the UAE's share of Africa's non-oil trade rising to 15.5% from 10.8% in 2019. UAE investments in Africa exceeded $110 billion between 2019 and 2024, and the UAE has signed 38 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements since 2021, with 18 now in force, supporting the goal of increasing non-oil foreign trade to $1.1 trillion by 2031.",
  "summary": "Dubai: The UAE is stepping up trade and investment engagement with Senegal and Gabon, with Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade, holding high-level meetings in Dakar and Libreville focused on mining, renewable energy, infrastructure, food security and logistics. The visits come after trade with both countries…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}